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Netflix raises prices as password boost fades (www.bbc.com)

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Netflix is starting to raise prices in some countries as growth spurred by its crackdown on password sharing starts to fade.

The film and TV streaming giant said it had already lifted subscription fees in Japan and parts of Europe as well as the Middle East and Africa over the last month.

Changes in Italy and Spain are now being rolled-out.

In its latest results, Netflix announced that it had added 5.1 million subscribers between July and September - ahead of forecasts but the smallest gain in more than a year.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

So far, the best system we've come up with as a species is heavily regulated capitalism with strong social safety nets

And for quite a lot of human history the best system we had come up with was Feudalism, until we started doing something better.

Just because Capitalism is the best we've come up with so far doesn't mean we should just accept it, or that 1000 years from now people won't look at the Capitalism with the same disdain we look at Feudalism.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

There's a reason I said "so far". I'm open to the idea that there might be newer and better systems in the future. So far though, they haven't been invented yet.